This Week in Healthcare IT News – November 6th

Value-based care is the future of heathcare, and according to Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak, it is the past, present and future of Medtronic. He further tasks all entities up and down the supply chain to act more responsible. Otherwise, if everyone continues to get paid but there is no accountability for value, you get escalating costs. Policymakers unaware of the value in medical care tend to simply cut the highest expense, which could be some of the most beneficial treatments for patients.

325,000 MOBILE HEALTH APPS AVAILABLE IN 2017

Since last year 78,000 new health apps have been added to major app stores. Digital health has developed into a sound business, attracting players from various industries outside of healthcare. As apps become more expensive to develop and users are more reluctant to download them, creating a successful health app is becoming harder and harder.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES BREACH EXPOSED DATA FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS

A recent security upgrade at the catholic charities Glens Falls office discovered that unauthorized software had been downloaded onto a server since 2015. 4,600 individuals are being notified of the breach and will receive identity theft protection and credit monitoring services. Compromised information included patient names, addresses, DOB, diagnostic codes and some health insurance identification numbers.

NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN SPECIALISTS USE TELEMEDICINE TO TREAT STRANDED PUERTO RICANS

The medical center jumped in after Hurricane Maria to deliver care services in what it calls a proof-of-concept for using telehealth tools in emergency response. The move comes as many hospitals and telemedicine companies have been offering free virtual consultations to people in storm-ravaged areas in Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico. Telemedicine is beneficial to deliver specialist and sub-specialist care in ways that the emergency responders simply cannot without the tools.

HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IN 2017

The adoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare is on the rise and solving a variety of problems for patients, hospitals, and the healthcare industry overall. Some of the AI advancements included in the continuously updated set of slides are Emotionally Intelligent Wearables, AI technology walking a patient through their test results, and passwords replaced with machine learning. This is a set of slides and will be continuously updated as new AI developments are made.

COOL NEWS: THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE INTERNET EVERY 60 SECONDS

Did you know that every 60 seconds around 700,000 hours of videos are being watched and more than 400 hours of videos get uploaded onto YouTube alone? Check out this infographic to grasp how big the internet really has become (and to recall when we all thought the web would fail after Pets.com valuation went from $300m to $0 in one week back in 2000!)